zminer
Member
If your state offered a way for private citizens to do a NICS check - or something similar, covering criminal background and mental health - for face-to-face private sales, would you use it?
[For the purposes of this scenario, we'll assume that use of the system would be completely voluntary, free of charge, and simple to use - let's say that you could call it in via telephone.]
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I am conflicted about this. On the one hand, I understand the appeal of having the selling process unencumbered by legal restrictions. "It's a sale like any other," etc.
On the other hand, though, I don't want to be unknowingly selling my guns to spousal abusers, or rapists, or other assorted deadbeats. Also, in NY State I don't really have the option to ask for a firearms license as a proxy either, because the licenses are sometimes hard to get - and are required only for those purchasing handguns - so not everybody has one.
What do you think?
[For the purposes of this scenario, we'll assume that use of the system would be completely voluntary, free of charge, and simple to use - let's say that you could call it in via telephone.]
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I am conflicted about this. On the one hand, I understand the appeal of having the selling process unencumbered by legal restrictions. "It's a sale like any other," etc.
On the other hand, though, I don't want to be unknowingly selling my guns to spousal abusers, or rapists, or other assorted deadbeats. Also, in NY State I don't really have the option to ask for a firearms license as a proxy either, because the licenses are sometimes hard to get - and are required only for those purchasing handguns - so not everybody has one.
What do you think?